Memo
TO: Mayor Collins and Town Council Members
FROM: Kevin Burke, Town Manager
Peter Wingert, Chief of Police
DATE: October 22, 2015
DEPARTMENT: Police Department
Staff Contact
Peter Wingert, 480-948-7418
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AGENDA TITLE:
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Direction to Staff about Police Alarm Monitoring Service
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Council Goals
Improve Public Safety Services including prevention, enforcement, communication and community/victim outreach.
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
The Town of Paradise Valley has been providing police alarm monitoring since 1984. The equipment purchased at inception has reached the end of its serviceable life. The equipment manufacturer has gone out of business and replacement parts are no longer available. No one on staff has the technical ability to fix the current system should it malfunction. We have reached a crossroads with this service.
This presentation will provide the Paradise Valley Town Council with the history of this service, a primer on how alarm system monitoring works, and the Paradise Valley alarm monitoring service today. The Paradise Valley Police Department will present four options for this service to the Paradise Valley Town Council and seek direction from the council regarding what direction to take this service.
ATTACHMENT(S):
Powerpoint titled “Alarm monitoring service 10/22/2015”